Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1938. Upper Miocene Mollusca from Springvale, Trinidad, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates 988:1-28

Belongs to Chione (Chione) according to H. E. Vokes 1938

Sister taxa: Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chione) buchivacoana, Chione (Chione) cortinaria, Chione (Chione) retugida, Chione (Chione) rodulfi, Chione (Chione) sawkinsi

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 24987, a valve. Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Springvale (AMNH collection)

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